How does a child end up living on the streets?
Recife, PE, the focus of Happy Child’s activities, is a city which attracts migrant populations who want to move from the impoverished,...
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The difference Project Ammar Transforma is making
In August Board Director João Martinez da Cruz was able to visit one of the Christian organisations Happy Child International partners...
Caroline Taylor
- Jul 19
Hear from the young people on the Mentoring and Training Skills Project 2
We have prepared a special challenge for you our supporters. We invite you to write a prayer for one of the young people featured below....
Caroline Taylor
- Jul 19
Floods affect the poorest of the poor – any solutions?
Every year, several thousand of the poorest families in Recife see dirty water seep and rise into their homes, sometimes taking a lot of...
Caroline Taylor
- Jul 8
Hear from the young people on the Mentoring and Training Skills Project
We have prepared a special challenge for you our supporters. We invite you to write a prayer for one of the young people featured below....
Caroline Taylor
- Jun 20
How climate change affects children
If you have been reading our blogs this last couple of weeks you will know about the torrential rain that hit the Sapo Nu community,...
Caroline Taylor
- Jun 9
Happy Child International's Summer Fundraising Walk 2nd July 2022
Like all charities Happy Child International depends on the good will of you our generous donors and supporters. Your giving enables the...
Caroline Taylor
- Jun 2
Stronger Together in Faith –World Weekend of Prayer
Happy Child International is a Christian organisation. Every year we celebrate the World Wide Weekend of Prayer for vulnerable and at...
Caroline Taylor
- May 31
To our friends and partners in Recife
Dear Friends and Partners in Recife, We have been shocked and dismayed to see news of the unprecedented rainfall and terrible floods that...
Caroline Taylor
- May 24
Bringing Hope and Transformation to young people in Recife
It was an enormous pleasure to visit one of our church-based partners in Recife, North East Brazil in April. The whole experience was...
Caroline Taylor
- May 19
An Inspiring Visit: Projeto Tamandaré
Projeto Tamandaré is a vibrant project on the south coast of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Its goal is to reach, educate and support children...
Caroline Taylor
- May 12
Do We Need Change?
For us at Happy Child International it's always very exciting to visit the projects in Brazil that we are supporting. John Doddrell...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 27
Happy Child International’s visit to the Ammar Transforma project – Joana Bezerra, Recife.
After one year of supporting the Ammar Transforma project it was exciting to finally see the work and meet the team. On a very hot...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 14
What gives us hope?
Both at home and out on the streets, the impoverished children of Recife are exposed to the rain, both the water that comes from the sky...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 5
We need to take them out of the rain!
Visiting the streets of Recife with the Marco Zero project was an unforgettable experience. It felt deeply disturbing seeing waif like...
Caroline Taylor
- Mar 25
Nurturing Hope in a Time of Crisis
Happy Child International believes that all children should reach their God Given potential. In 2021, we worked with two Brazilian...
Caroline Taylor
- Feb 24
Every hour in Brazil, five children suffer the impact of some form of violence
Brazil and its people continue to experience a high level of violence in civil society. The current data reflects that violence is...
Caroline Taylor
- Feb 8
Protecting the rights of Brazil’s most vulnerable children and young people
Every day thousands of boys and girls are affected by what is happening in Brazil. This is an economic crisis, a health crisis and there...
Caroline Taylor
- Jan 31
Happy Child’s House of Commons Fundraising Evening – December 9th 2021
Today I am relieved to write that Happy Child’s 2021 Fundraising Dinner went ahead as planned at the end of last year. It was touch and...
Caroline Taylor
- Jan 27
Happy Child International - Reflecting back and moving forward in 2022
Our partner organizations Instituto Solidare & Associaçao Casa da Rocha in Recife, North East Brazil have tackled the most challenging...